Chester David Hartranft (15 October 1839 in Frederick Township,

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– 30 December 1914 in

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) was a United States

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Biography

He was educated at the

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in 1861 and at the

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in 1864; was pastor of the

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church at South

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, in 1864-66, and of that in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1866-78. He was, at one time, president of the Conservatory of Music at New Brunswick. In 1879 he was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history at the

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. In 1888, he was elected its president, and held the chair of Biblical theology in the years 1892-97 and of ecclesiastical dogmatics from 1897 to 1903. He resigned the presidency in 1903 to engage in literary work in

. He died in

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, where he was buried.

Notes

References

* *''Norwich Bulletin'', January 21, 1915 *''The Central New Jersey Home News'', January 22, 1915 *''The Central New Jersey Home News'', May 18, 1915

External links

Chester David Hartranft: Memorial Addresses
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